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Avraham Burg
This is not simply a Jewish tragedy, this marks a zeitgeist of global hatred

Mon 15 Dec 2025

This is not simply a Jewish tragedy, this marks a zeitgeist of global hatred
Jonathan Wittenberg
It happened thousands of miles away but the horror reaches home

Mon 15 Dec 2025

It happened thousands of miles away but the horror reaches home
Jonathan Wittenberg
This Hanukah, reflect that both hope and light travel

Sun 14 Dec 2025

This Hanukah, reflect that both hope and light travel
The Observer leader
Britain needs an Australian-style social media ban

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Britain needs an Australian-style social media ban
Erica Wagner
An endearing new production of Into The Woods brings a tear to the eye

Sat 13 Dec 2025

An endearing new production of Into The Woods brings a tear to the eye
Jon Hill
Dear Maga, there’s no such thing as a woke font

Fri 12 Dec 2025

Dear Maga, there’s no such thing as a woke font
Martha Gill
How the great British car-sharing experiment lost its Zip

Wed 10 Dec 2025

How the great British car-sharing experiment lost its Zip
Lily Isaacs
Sorry, Keir – when it comes to TikTok, you’re all at sixes and sevens

Wed 10 Dec 2025

Sorry, Keir – when it comes to TikTok, you’re all at sixes and sevens
The Observer leader
Putin is laughing at Europe

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Putin is laughing at Europe
Tom Baldwin
Starmer needs to stop sweating the small stuff and be bold on Europe

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Starmer needs to stop sweating the small stuff and be bold on Europe
Phillippe Sands
Do we dare read Sally Rooney… or is that, too, an act of terror?

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Do we dare read Sally Rooney… or is that, too, an act of terror?
Simon Finkelstein
Don’t blame the OBR for the failures of politicians

Thu 4 Dec 2025

Don’t blame the OBR for the failures of politicians
Martha Gill
Champagne! Private members’ clubs celebrate fresh success

Wed 3 Dec 2025

Champagne! Private members’ clubs celebrate fresh success
Melanie Reid
No more BMWs for the disabled. We don’t get to be middle class

Wed 3 Dec 2025

No more BMWs for the disabled. We don’t get to be middle class
Prof Hashim Ahmed
Screening for prostate cancer would do more harm than good

Mon 1 Dec 2025

Screening for prostate cancer would do more harm than good
Hermione Lee
Tom Stoppard was a conscience to us all

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Tom Stoppard was a conscience to us all
Jonathan Wittenberg
We need more faith in our power to confront the climate crisis

Sun 30 Nov 2025

We need more faith in our power to confront the climate crisis
The Observer leader
The Observer view on the budget: Trust and the Treasury

Sun 30 Nov 2025

The Observer view on the budget: Trust and the Treasury
Steve Bloomfield
Modi holds Putin close, but he will make up with Trump

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Modi holds Putin close, but he will make up with Trump

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